News @ The BAC

Alumni Profile: Janet Roche

Janet Roche, MDS-DHH'17, adjunct faculty member, and the Alumni Advisory Council Chair, is on a mission to pass it forward to other BAC graduates while living out a commitment to social justice by designing for the most marginalized populations.
Student Story: Octavia Pinckney

Hurricane Katrina’s chaotic aftermath, which left so many people unhoused, motivated Octavia to build a mission-driven career in architecture. Over the last few years, they worked as a Designer at Perkins+Will while simultaneously pursuing a Master of Architecture degree at the BAC. Making sure that their own voice matters is a skill that Octavia will carry into the field forever.
Polish American Architect Daniel Libeskind To Receive Honorary Doctorate At The Boston Architectural College's 2023 Commencement

Celebrated Polish American architect Daniel Libeskind, an international figure in architecture and urban design, will receive an honorary doctorate and deliver the commencement speech on Friday, May 26.
BAC Students Listed As The 2023 Metropolis Future100

Every year, Metropolis honors undergraduate and graduate students across the United States and Canada in the Architecture and Interior Design fields. This year they announced their 2023 Metropolis Future100 including BAC students Alana Morris, MArch’23, and Laura Ruonan Huang, MSIA’23.
Groundbreaking: BAC Trustee Shauna Gillies-Smith Shares the Power Landscape Architecture Has in Community

Shauna Gillies-Smith, FASLA, is a member of The Boston Architectural College Board of Trustees, and was also recently appointed as a Commissioner of the Boston Civic Design Commission (BCDC) by Boston Mayor Michelle Wu.
The Boston Architectural College is Building Careers - Meredith's IPAL Story

Students are accelerating their careers through The Integrated Path to Architectural Licensure (IPAL) program—allowing them to jump directly from graduation to work as a licensed architect. BAC alum Meredith Rutland, M.Arch’21 Online, shares her IPAL stories.
Alumni Profile: Carolyn Day

2022 winner of the AIA Young Architects Award, Carolyn Day, M.Arch'08, was attracted to the BAC because its educational model would support her studies while simultaneously allowing her to take on increasing responsibility at work.
Student Story Ines Latorre

To say that Ines Latorre, M.Arch'24, is busy is an understatement—but she thrives on the wavelength of determination and hustle. The founder and principal of Latorre Architecture decided to go back to school in 2020 to get her Master of Architecture at the BAC.
Boston Architectural College Commissions International Doshi Exhibit Debuting January 2023

The Boston Architectural College (BAC) is pleased to announce an original international exhibit featuring works by Pritzker Prize winning Indian architect and BAC’s honorary alumnus Balkrishna Doshi, Architecture is Within Us: The Selected Works of Balkrishna Doshi. Doshi is considered one of the leading architects of our time having worked with Le Corbusier and Louis Kahn. As a pioneer of culturally-rooted modernist architecture and urban design, Doshi has contributed to elevating architectural discourse throughout his life's career.
Student Story: Hossein Abdavies

Midway through his degree program at the BAC, Hossein Abdavies, B.Arch'24, chose to enlist in the U.S. Military Reserves. As Veterans Day approaches, Hossein urges everyone at the BAC to take time to thank someone who has served in uniform.